As the one company spanning the past and the future of communications, AT&T revealed fewer wireless defections, but some legacy business services and Partner Solutions revenues continued to decline in Q3 2017.

Vendors in the meeting solutions market are standing out from the pack with offerings ranging from on-premises to HD video on mobile devices. Here are the 14 vendors that made Gartner's 2017 Magic Quadrant For Meeting Solutions.

"These bets Cisco is making on AI, machine learning, what the Internet of Things creates – that's what's going to help the business move more to software subscription services than the traditional hardware," said Computex Technology Solutions executive Faisal Bhutto.

Telecom giant Verizon continued to add and retain wireless subscribers during the third quarter. Revenue increased across Partner Solutions, Verizon Business Markets and its developing Telematics business segment.

FirstLight officially closed its acquisition of 186 Communications, its fourth fiber-related buy of the year, in keeping with the trend of telecom providers scooping up fiber assets to build out their footprints.